Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-03
BASE BALL NEWS.
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from League Centres.

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from League Centres.
Manager Kelley. of the Mobiles, has
goue TO New Orleans TO sign we'll
known pitcher.
The Nashvilles have signed Eddie Ho-
gan, the best fielder and base runner in
the Southern League last season.
Manager Barnie, of the Baltimore Base
Ball Club, has released the following
players: Scott, first baseman; Sowder,
centre fielder; Mike Muldoon, third base
man.
As one result OF the star system, Kelly
will get nearly double the salary of his
Manager, Captain ard superior, who has
served the club well aud faithfully for q
decade.
Not vestige OF Chicago's once famous
outfeld--Kelly, Gore and Dalrymple-is
left in the Windy City. With the excep-
ton OF Sunday, they were the fastest run
ners in the team.
| The Sporting News of this week gives a
large-sized picture of President John
Morrow. This is the second time it has
appeared in the same journal during the
past few months.
! Ganzell Getzein, Thompson, Twitch.
ell. White and Bennett will leave Detroit
for the South next Saturday night. The
other members OF the team will join them
at Macon before March 10.
The shoes to he worn by the Brooklyn
team will cost 81 so each, and the plates
will be OF the finest steel The latter are
to be manufactured by Cincinnati
maker of surgical instruments.
Manager Morton has very little time
left to make up the rest OF the Savannah
team. Most of the Southern League
players will report for duty next week
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signed.
The salary list of the Louisville PLAYERS
will be So, 900 more than it was last season.
Every player in the club VIII receive his
appOrtionment of this sum as an increase
OF salary. Ramsey, Kerins and Werrick
have received the largest raise.
The fence around the base ball grounds
is being repaired and the grounds got in
readiness for the opening OF the season.
The first games VIII be played here in
about three weeks with the Lacrosse,
Wis, club, with which Joe Miller is
playing.
The Philadelphia club will leave for
Savannah about March 10. About ten
days will be spent here in preliminary
practice, and then the club will journey
homeward, stopping over in Charleston
for three games with the local club.
March 26, IS, 30, and in Baltimore tor a
few games, after which they will &c
straight nome and play with the Ath-
letics.
The New Orleans team and the Cincin-
natl aggregation played their second
game last Sunday. Cincinnati put John
Ewing to pitch, and New Orleans made
fifteen hts,with a total OF twenty-five.
Cartwright made two clean home runs.
aud Ppjol. the local third baseman lust
signed, made three rafting hits. Powell
pitched a fine game for The home team,
and wells caught well. The home team
played fine bail and defeated the Cincin-
natis by score OF 0 to-.
As for sunday games, the New Orleans
ptcayune says IL has all along been tao
lily understood that the league did not
oppose them, although they do not appear
on the schedule. Mobile and New Or
leans depend n great dea upon Sunday
games, and as the home clubs have the
say in such matters, both clubs will util-
ize every possible Sunday. 1t was de-
cided that If club is scheduled to play
in one CITY Saturday and ia another Mon
day, the intervening sunday shall belong
TO the club having the Monday game,
should IL desire to play Sunday. Mana.
ger Brennan took care that both the Gull
cities should catch a sunday nearly
every time a visiting club plays In them.